FODDER SHORTAGE

Hokitika Guardian, 8 September 1930, Page 2

FODDER SHORTAGE

, \ GRAIN PRICE RISES.' ] J [United Press Association.—By Electru Telegraph.—Copyright?] WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. ' There is an amazing shortage or feed grains and. fodders, principally, maize, silage' and hay, resulting from the drought, in * twenty-eight States. This is disclosed in a special : Department of Agriculture Survey: , The maize crop reduction, which is estimated as in- the neighbourhood ol 750 million bushels, has so aggravated the situation that even the estimated United States wheat surplus of 330 million bushels will be insufficient Ito offset the deficit in feed grains. Grain, prices rose two cents to-day in 'Chicago. Speaking of the survey, Mr Hyde said: “If we did not export one single pound of grain this year, we would have domestic use for every bit of the grain for feed that we will have.” Dairy products and meats are expected to rise ill price sharply this winter. The survey show's that the conditions have become more critical in the States that were first affected by the drought, and that there have been additions of new areas in the' north and the central States. Twenty-eight States shovy a reduction a! from thirty to seventy-five per cent of their food production, while the feed stuff production for the nation is only seventy per cent, of the five year average. .WORLD WHEAT CROP. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. The world wheat crop totals 2,337.139,000 bushes, and shows an increase of approximately three per cent over that of 1929. These are the figures given by the United States Department of Agriculture on the basis of . the reports from twenty-six countries. .